Two fires started Tuesday afternoon relatively close to one another near the Modesto airport.

Two fires started Tuesday afternoon relatively close to one another near the Modesto airport.

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Updated: 7:25 PM PDT Jun 2, 2015

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WEBVTT TODAY AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT HEALTH CARE. YOU'RE WATCHING KCRA 3. GULSTAN: LET'S GET RIGHT OUT TO THE BREAKING NEWS. FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TO PUT OUT HOTSPOTS AND A BRUSH FIRE THAT HAS BROKEN OUT IN STANISLAUS COUNTY. LIVE PICTURES FROM LIVE COPTER 3 . FIREFIGHTERS WERE SENT TO TWO FIRES THIS AFTERNOON. ONE WAS A STRUCTURE FIRE NEAR YOSEMITE. THE OTHER WAS A BRUSH FIRE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AT MITCHELL ROAD. KELLIE: LINDA MUMMA JOINS US WITH THE LATEST. LINDA: I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE AND SPOKEN PERSON WITH THE FIRE CHIEF. HE SAYS THE FIREFIGHTERS EASY TO MY LEFT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE THREAT OF STRONG WIND CAUSING THE FIRE TO PICK UP. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AERIAL SHOTS FROM LIVE COPTER 3, SMOKE HAS DISSIPATED. BUT I'VE ONE POINT, A LARGE PLUME OF SMOKE WAS VISIBLE FROM HIGHWAY 99. THE FIRE IS ESTIMATED TO BE FIVE ACRES IN SIZE. YOU CAN SEE IT IS BURNING IN AN AREA BRUSH NEAR MITCHELL AND FINCH. FIREFIGHTERS TELL ME THAT BECAUSE OF CONDITIONS, THE CREWS DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY RISKS. THERE ARE 30 FIREFIGHTERS FROM MODESTO, HOUSTON, ALL ASSISTING IN THIS FIREFIGHT. I JUST GOT WORD THE FIRE IS CONTAINED. THAT JUST CAME TO US MOMENTS AGO. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THAT DUE TO THE WINDS, THEY EXPECT TO BE OUT HERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON HOTSPOTS AND PREVENTING THE FIRE FROM FLARING UP. IF YOU LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS HILLSIDE, WHERE THERE ARE HOMES. BUT NONE OF THEM ARE BEING THREATENED RIGHT NOW FROM THE FIRE. THAT IS THE LATEST.

Stanislaus County firefighters worry about winds during blazes

Two fires started Tuesday afternoon relatively close to one another near the Modesto airport.